Working alone you will conduct research on a contemporary topic of your choosing. Your topic can be any social issue that you want to research that is interesting to you or that you feel you would like to know more about. Possible topics could be the following--drug abuse, teen pregnancy, gangs, gun violence, deportation of undocumented immigrants, homelessness. YOU MUST CLEAR THE TOPIC WITH MS. WELLBORN.
While researching your topic, find concrete answers to the following questions and put all information in a Google document (to be shared with teacher):
How many people in the United States have been affected or involved in this? Be specific and find the actual number or percentage.
What are the possible outcomes from being involved in this behavior? For example, does this behavior result in death, sickness, poverty, incarceration?
Why do people do this behavior?
FINALLY,DEVELOP TWO MORE QUESTIONSTO FIND ANSWERS TO REGARDING YOUR TOPIC. YOU MUST BE ABLE TO TELL ME WHY YOU THINK THESE QUESTIONS ARE IMPORTANT TO YOUR TOPIC.
WRITE DOWN YOUR SOURCES AND INCLUDE THIS INFORMATION ON YOUR GOOGLE DOCUMENT
Answer all the questions on a Google Doc and share the document with Mrs. Wellborn at my cps email (see the board).
DAY TWO-FIVE
After you have answered all the questions posed, log in to GoAnimate and create an animation using text to speech voice narration to talk about your topic. Your animation must be at least 15 scenes and fully discuss the topic you researched. Since this is an animation, make sure you have at least two different people, using different voices, having a conversation about your topic.
Working alone you will conduct research on a contemporary topic of your choosing. Your topic can be any social issue that you want to research that is interesting to you or that you feel you would like to know more about. Possible topics could be the following--drug abuse, teen pregnancy, gangs, gun violence, deportation of undocumented immigrants, homelessness. YOU MUST CLEAR THE TOPIC WITH MS. WELLBORN.
While researching your topic, find concrete answers to the following questions and put all information in a Google document (to be shared with teacher):
- How many people in the United States have been affected or involved in this? Be specific and find the actual number or percentage.
- What are the possible outcomes from being involved in this behavior? For example, does this behavior result in death, sickness, poverty, incarceration?
- Why do people do this behavior?
FINALLY, DEVELOP TWO MORE QUESTIONS TO FIND ANSWERS TO REGARDING YOUR TOPIC. YOU MUST BE ABLE TO TELL ME WHY YOU THINK THESE QUESTIONS ARE IMPORTANT TO YOUR TOPIC.WRITE DOWN YOUR SOURCES AND INCLUDE THIS INFORMATION ON YOUR GOOGLE DOCUMENT
Answer all the questions on a Google Doc and share the document with Mrs. Wellborn at my cps email (see the board).
DAY TWO-FIVE
After you have answered all the questions posed, log in to GoAnimate and create an animation using text to speech voice narration to talk about your topic. Your animation must be at least 15 scenes and fully discuss the topic you researched. Since this is an animation, make sure you have at least two different people, using different voices, having a conversation about your topic.